Thank You For Your Jar and Bottle Donations!

Here at The Filling Station, we love it when members of our community donate their unwanted jars, bottles and containers to us, as reuse is a huge part of our ethos. These donations allow anyone who enters our store to grab a free container and buy any refillable product without the additional expense of having to purchase a new jar or bottle.

Rest assured, we run every donated container (and lid) through our dishwasher to clean and sanitize them. We then weigh and mark the tare weight so they are ready for customers to fill!

Since opening in July 2023, we've learned a lot about how to make our dishwasher run effectively and efficiently, and it would help us greatly if friends making a donation adhered to the following guidelines:

• Please make sure your jars are clean and empty.
• Please remove any labels from the jars. Left on, many of these come loose during the wash cycle, and bits of paper and plastic will jam our dishwasher filter, hoses and sprayer arms. (You can try soaking your jars and bottles in a hot soapy vinegar solution or filling the jars with boiling water.)
• We cannot accept most plastic containers, as they cannot withstand the high temperature of our dishwasher. We do accept yogurt and deli containers with lids.
• Any droppers and spray bottle tops will be discarded, as we cannot sanitize them. We will provide our own flat bottle top to the bottle whenever possible.
• We will gladly recycle any containers for you that we cannot accept for reuse.

Thank you for being a part of The Filling Station's community!